AI & jobs · Country profile

Venezuela

Lower-middle income Capital: Caracas 26 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2.6M people.
MODEL82nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2.6M
of 10.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.0%
421K people
People in workILO
10.5M
36% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,495
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
77%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.28
151st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
28.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
78%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
37%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
89%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 36%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 7.2%
Men: highest exposure 2.2%

Women are +17.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Venezuela 25%
Lower-middle income 16%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
VenezuelaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.07
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.07
Regulation & ethics 0.02

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.28 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Venezuela is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Venezuela